as in hypnotism
the art or act of inducing in a person a sleeplike state during which he or she readily follows suggestions
with hypnosis there's some question as to just how involuntary the actions of the hypnotized person really are
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Recent Examples of hypnosis
Audiences had to liberate a cadre of musicians from hypnosis and do so by concocting scenarios in which the club’s proprietor was continually forced to leave the room.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Bilingual and results-driven, the RESET Method blends neuroscience, therapeutic hypnosis, and personal development into a practical path to inner freedom.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 May 2025
In early March 2024, McIlroy experimented with hypnosis.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
But his arrival shifts the film’s entire mood, as his baritone murmurings cast a sort of hypnosis on Clarence.
—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
Bilingual and results-driven, the RESET Method blends neuroscience, therapeutic hypnosis, and personal development into a practical path to inner freedom.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 May 2025
In early March 2024, McIlroy experimented with hypnosis.
—Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
But his arrival shifts the film’s entire mood, as his baritone murmurings cast a sort of hypnosis on Clarence.
—Beatrice Loayza, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypnosis
hypnotism
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This hypnotism is especially conveyed through the film’s costumes.—
Eugenie Dalland,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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Other topics of his lectures over the years that followed included animal magnetism, hypnotism, and the ether.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Apr. 2024
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“Hypnosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hypnosis. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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